The Shemwell Family

Marion Clinton StrattonAge: 80 years19292009

Name
Marion Clinton Stratton
Given names
Marion Clinton
Surname
Stratton
Birth August 27, 1929

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 days)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Dale “Bobby” Stratton
August 13, 1955 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Birth of a grandson
#1
Timothy Donnel Stratton
June 3, 1985 (Age 55 years)

Death of a grandsonTimothy Donnel Stratton
June 3, 1985 (Age 55 years)

Death of a wifeLila Russell McGinnis
July 9, 2000 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sonRobert Dale “Bobby” Stratton
July 25, 2003 (Age 73 years)

Death October 19, 2009 (Age 80 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with Lila Russell McGinnis - View this family
himself
wife
Lila Russell McGinnis
Birth: January 27, 1934 36 30Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 9, 2000Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
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